Copland logins are buggered

I haven't recompiled Gaim yet, but I've found something else to do while in the chroot.

My latest CD image has some kind of bug. When I try to log in to XFCE as the default user, it gets as far as starting xfdesktop and then stops. Pressing Control-Alt-F2 causes the CD to make some noise for a few seconds, but nothing else. Pressing Control-Alt-Delete causes the machine to freeze.

It was quite a while in between CD image builds, so I don't know if maybe it was something I added a while ago and forgot about. I remember adding the Broadcom driver, which loads using rc.local. That may be the problem, but removing the driver before logging in does not help.

Curiously, if I kill X and then do "sudo startx", it all works fine.

So, the next time I'm in the chroot, I'm going to set a root password and allow root logins (I think XDM allows these by default). So Copland testers will have to use the root account. I think we're safe though - security through obscurity. Obviously this isn't ideal, but it's a good stopgap until I can figure it out (or until I start again from the Feisty codebase, which is more likely!)

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At work today, the dimwitted single-mother I sometimes work with asked me if she had to remove Norton before "installing another virus" (I choked back a giggle). Then she pulled a copy of Windows LiveCare from her bag - apparantly it has a 3-user license? Anyway, I told her to stick with Norton.

I don't really know why I related this almost-amusing personal anecdote. I just found it funny that she thought those security suites were actually called viruses.

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I wish Angelica would come online tonight.